Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains

Yuan Yao Chinese

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Yuan Yao’s towering Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains envelops the viewer in a scene of frost-covered northern mountains. Yuan was a professional painter from Yangzhou, a commercial city located on the Grand Canal just north of the Yangzi River in Jiangsu Province, and he belonged to a workshop that produced heroic images of nature’s majesty for lavish interior spaces.

On view from August 12, 2023–January 7, 2024

Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains, Yuan Yao (Chinese, active 1730–after 1778), Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China

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Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains, Yuan Yao (Chinese, active 1730–after 1778), Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains, Yuan Yao (Chinese, active 1730–after 1778), Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains, Yuan Yao (Chinese, active 1730–after 1778), Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Inn and Travelers in Snowy Mountains, Yuan Yao (Chinese, active 1730–after 1778), Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China

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